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1 1970

HEALTH ACT, 1970

Chapter V

Other Services

Dental, ophthalmic and aural services.

67. —(1) A health board shall make dental, ophthalmic and aural treatment and dental, optical and aural appliances available for persons with full eligibility and persons with limited eligibility.

(2) A health board shall make dental, ophthalmic and aural treatment and dental, optical and aural appliances available in respect of defects noticed at an examination under the service mentioned in section 66.

(3) Save as provided for under subsection (4), charges shall not be made for treatment and appliances made available under this section.

(4) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, make regulations—

(a) providing for the imposition in specified circumstances of charges for services under this section for persons who are not persons with full eligibility or for specified classes of such persons, and

(b) specifying the amounts of the charges or the limits to the amounts of the charges to be so made.

Rehabilitation services.

68. —(1) A health board shall make available a service for the training of disabled persons for employment suitable to their condition of health, and for the making of arrangements with employers for placing disabled persons in suitable employment.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) a health board may provide and maintain premises, workshops, farms, gardens, materials, equipment and similar facilities.

(3) A health board may provide equipment, materials or similar articles for a disabled adult person where neither the person nor the person's spouse (if any) is able to provide for his maintenance.

Maintenance allowances for disabled persons.

69. —(1) A health board shall provide for the payment of maintenance allowances to disabled persons over sixteen years of age where neither the person nor the person's spouse (if any) is able to provide for his maintenance.

(2) Regulations relating to the service under this section shall not be made save with the consent of the Minister for Finance.

Screening tests.

70. —A health board shall make arrangements for carrying out tests on persons without charge, for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of a particular disease, defect or condition that may be prescribed.

Information and advice on health.

71. —(1) The Minister may make arrangements for the dissemination of information and advice on matters relating to health and health services.

(2) A health board shall make arrangements for the dissemination of information and advice on matters relating to health and health services.